AMBULAS vs BURSA Comparison. DPS and Durability. [+Video]. Reflects on the Ambulas Boss Battle. True boss, Corpus ship or Ambulas?

[SprinKah]

AMBULAS vs BURSA comparison. Firepower and Durability.

 

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This is going to be a comparison FEEDBACK video. I'm sorry if my descriptions seem hard to understand, I'm not very good at that. I made some small videos just to showcase my point.

I'm comparing AMBULAS and BURSA. And the results that I got were quite...disappointing in my opinion.

I expected AMBULAS to be better enemies than the BURSAs, which are already very powerful and challenging enemies to fight against, with their unique arsenal with Nullifier bubbles and very reactive radial slams, etc. They're quite controversial enemies to be honest.

But despite that, I really expected AMBULAS to be generally better than them....but alas, in reality, not at all.

 

 

 

 

 

1) Durability:

AMBULAS:

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BURSA:

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3) DPS and Effectiveness:

AMBULAS:

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BURSA:

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FINAL THOUGHTS:

Could it be possible that Ambulas is actually...weaker and less effective than Bursas. Let's look at some of the facts.

BURSA:

- Bursa's stomps leave the players knocked down for quite a long duration. Also more reactive, they stomp only when players get close to them to fend them off.

- Bursa has got nullifer bubbles, AoE mines, blinding stun rays, tether traps (slow down players), laser barriers, slam spams, rocket barrage,etc... ALOT OF UTILITIES that are effective against us.

- They're not necessarily as durable as the Ambulas but their indestructible front shieldings are more effective than Ambulas's destructible armor plates.

- If you get shot from Isolator Bursa's laser shotgun, you get damage over time from it. They don't shoot it very often but when they do manage to hit careless tenno, it's very effective.

- They're FAST.

 

AMBULAS:

- Vertical beam attack, super easy to dodge

- Horizontal beam attack, the only one that matters but still underwhelming

- Spinning beam attack, only the third spin actually hits you..

- Laser shots miss a lot

- Stomps aren't reactive, RANDOMLY initiated, do not leave the players knocked down for a duration like Bursa's

- Armor platings aren't that effective in my opinion, when shot down, Ambulas are left very squishy.

- Slow.

- Have more health than Bursa, but for a boss, it ain't much to help them.

 

 

I don't know if all of that are...acceptable feedbacks to DE. The reason why I'm trying to prove why Ambulas is so...lackluster as a boss is that well...their boss fight, they aren't exactly the main threat, the main focus of the boss, the seem so insignificant and sometimes I feel like the TRUE BOSS is the CORPUS SHIP in the sky, not the Ambulas. Which is quite a shame because their redesign is so good but they just don't perform as well as how they look.

Compared to bursas, they don't punish players for not being careful as much as Bursas.

Despite that though, I do think that the boss battle itself is very different from others, has a lot of good assets....but it'd be cooler to have it shifts its main focus to the Ambulas more, make them the REAL THREAT of the fight. It is quite stupid that when they WIN...they lose...

 

[crazyN00b]

Technically the real boss fight is the entire boss fight stage (from the moment ambulas appears till the objective is completed). It includes ambulas, the corpus ship, the dropships and whatever trash units they throw at you. 

As for the Ambulas as individual unit, it is indeed weaker than bursa and the reason for this I think is to not make the boss fight too overwhelming (keep in mind the rather newish players that aren't overgeared and may have some trouble taking down the ambulases). However it does have rather well telegraphed attacks and I think it would be a good idea if it attacks more often and maybe do a bit more damage.

Edited May 8, 2017 by crazyN00b
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